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Published In: Taxon 66(4): 824. 2017. (18 August 2017) (Taxon) Name publication detail
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 11/14/2020)
Acceptance : Accepted
Note : Previously as Sematophyllum subsimplex (Hedw.) Mitt.
Project Data     (Last Modified On 11/14/2020)
Plant Category: Mosses
country distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
EcoRegions: Montane Forest, Coastal Atlantic, Wet coastal pacific (Chocó), Amazon (incl. Llanos)
elevation: 0-500, 500-1000, 1000-1500
substrate: soil, rocks, logs, treelets and trees
frequency: common

Notes     (Last Modified On 11/14/2020)
Notes:

Ecology: Lowland to premontane forest; in partial to full shaded sites, typically found on logs and base of trees, also soil and rocks. Elevation: 20-1900 m (Venezuela: 40-1500 m, Colombia: 20-1350 m, Ecuador: 150-1600 m, Peru: 100-1900? m, Bolivia: 100-1500 m). Distribution: Widespread in the neotropical lowlands.

Ecología: Desde tierras bajas hasta bosques premontanos; en sitios parcial a completamente sombreados, es encontrada típicamente sobre leños y base de árboles, también sobre suelo y rocas. Elevación: 20-1900 m (Venezuela: 40-1500 m, Colombia: 20-1350 m, Ecuador: 150-1600 m, Perú: 100-1900 m, Bolivia: 180-1500 m). Distribución: Ampliamente distribuida en tierras bajas tropicales.

Microcalpe subsimplex is characterized by prostrate plants with spreading ± pinnate branches, ovate-lanceolate leaves mostly to 1(1.2) mm, gradually long acuminate apices (especially on stem leaves), subentire or above weakly serrulate margins, apical and upper median cells similar in length, alar region ± well defined, inflated alar cells, and mostly 1-2 row of supra-alar cells. This is the most common species of the humid lowlands and a typical element of the Amazon forest. Records above 1000 m should be re-examined. A few collections have been examined with the upper lamina cells unipapillose; these may represent, as with Acroporium pungens, a rare expression of M. subsimplex. Previously placed in Sematophyllum.

Microcalpe subsimplex se caracteriza por las plantas postradas con ramas patentes ± pinnadas, hojas ovado-lanceoladas generalmente hasta 1(1.2) mm, ápices gradualmente largo acuminados (especialmente en las hojas del tallo), márgenes subenteros o débilmente serrulados en la porción distal, células apicales y mediales superiores similares en longitud, región alar ± bien definida, células alar infladas, y generalmente 1-2 filas de células supra-alares. Esta es la especie muy común en tierras bajas húmedas y un elemento típico del bosque amazónico.


 
 
 
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